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eBird is an online database of bird observations providing scientists, researchers and amateur naturalists with real-time data about bird distribution and abundance. Originally restricted to sightings from the Western Hemisphere , the project expanded to include New Zealand in 2008, [ 1 ] and again expanded to cover the whole world in June 2010.
This is a list of the wild birds found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories, but excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory.The outlying islands covered include: Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Ashmore, Torres Strait, Coral Sea, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie and Heard/McDonald.
The Australian reed warbler migrates to Southwest and Southeast Australia to breed from overwinter grounds throughout Eastern and Northern Australia. [9] Males arrive at the breeding grounds from July to August onwards. [9] Breeding season is from October to December in south-eastern Australia [11] and September to December in southern ...
The Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary National Park (Winaityinaityi Pangkara, pronounced "Wee-nay-chi-nay-chi pan-ker-a" in the indigenous Kaurna language, meaning "country belonging to all birds") [4] is a protected area in South Australia established by the South Australian government on the northeast coast of Gulf St Vincent, between Parham in the north and the southern end of Barker ...
South Australia is a state in Australia with 487 species of bird recorded. This list is based on the 1996 classification by Sibley and Monroe (though there has been a recent (2008) extensive revision of Australian birds by Christidis and Boles [ 1 ] ), which has resulted in some lumping and splitting . [ 2 ]
They are uncommon residents across a wide part of southern Australia. Ranging from near West Wyalong in New South Wales to the Murchison River in Western Australia. [8] In New South Wales, they are found in two isolated populations: one between Leeton, Willandra National Park, Nymagee and West Wyalong; and the other from Balranald to Trentham Cliffs.
A Torresian imperial pigeon at Cairns Esplanade, north Queensland, Australia. The Torresian imperial pigeon is a large plump pigeon, 38-44 centimetres (15-17.5 inches) in length, [4] and with a 45 cm (18 in) wingspan.
The indigenous Jardwadjali people of western Victoria refer to this species as toolka. [6]The Cape Barren goose was first formally described by English ornithologist John Latham in 1801 as Cereopsis N. Hollandiae. [7]